Windjammers and Sea Tramps
by Runciman, Walter Runciman, Baron
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Title:
Windjammers and Sea Tramps
Contents:
Introductory -- Peculiar and uneducated -- A cabin-boy's start at sea -- The seaman's superstitions -- The seaman's religion -- Safety and comfort at sea -- Wages and wives -- Life among the packet rats -- Brutality at sea -- Bravery -- Chanties -- Jack in ratcliffe highway -- The matter-of-fact sailor -- Resourcefulness and shipwreck -- Manning the service.
Credits:
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